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On our Artolar blog we shall share everyday a culture gift, art bargain, limited book, new book or designer magazine, new designer, emerging or established artist multiples. We hope you enjoy reading and any feedback do get in touch.

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Culture Sales Have Started Here Are Our Favourite Finds

Victoria and Albert Museum Shop Sale
Yohji Yamamoto’s Polka Dots Scarf £100

Tate Shop Sale
Bob and Roberta Smith Blocks £10.00

British Museum Shop Sale
Mrs Delany Square Silk Scarf £45.00

Baltic Shop Sale
Yoshimoto Nara Limited Edition Complete Works £120

Yoshitomo Nara Little Wanderer... watch it slowly roam about in its dreamlike state

Awwwww the Yoshitomo Nara Little Wanderer £120 at Baltic Shop

Tracey Emin - What I'd Like To Be Teapot, Exclusive to Selfridges London

It's What I'd Like to be Teapot £95

Cat Bowl (I Love Him, I Love Him x)£40

Rothko Comfort Blanket with handwritten tag £150

Bright Monday morning and I find over my orange juice I am browsing the rather lovely items of Tracey Emin shop on the Selfridges London website. Lots of exclusive items such as this What I'd Like To Be teapot and Docket cat bowl a perfect gift for the ultimate cat lover.

The Tracey Emin's limited–edition Rothko comfort blanket, complete with a hand written tag also caught my eye for a limited piece of art this could be great to frame.

Gorgeous dessert plates by Laurie Simmons

Dessert plates with pudding prints by Laurie Simmons

Four elegant pastel dessert plates £150 from Tate

Artist Proof - Foundlings and Fledglings - Our Angels of this Earth (2007) teapot by Tracey Emin

A delightful teapot with charactor and of course a great piece for any collection

Price £150
Edition of 1000 plus 200 Artist Proofs*
White china teapot with silkscreen prints.
16 x 23 x 16 cm
Comes with a certificate signed by the artist.
Originally released to coincide with Emin representing Britain at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. This edition was on sale in Venice and was hugely successful. Buy now from Counter Editions

The Thing which delivers an objet d'art quarterly

Budding artists are lining up at The Thing’s door [what this space]

THE THING Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. Each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and mailed to the homes of the subscribers.  The Thing Quarterly

At first glance an enchanting snow globe - Traveler 176

Traveler 176, 2006.

Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz

ITEM NO: 12166

SIZE: Globe diameter: 4.75” / 12.1cm, Overall: 6” / 15.24cm

MATERIAL: See description

EDITION: Edition of 250, hand signed and numbered.

US$750.00

Today I would like to buy a little piece of FANTASY ISLAND (Limited Edition Tracey Emin)

FANTASY ISLAND Signed Limited Edition
Designed in 1998, Fantasy Island tells the story of Tracey’s encounter with a Dog, based on a dream she had in New York. The boxed book comes with an individually signed photograph.
Edition of 100
Price £275 (including VAT)

The Eyes Have It - Tshirt Must Have

Introducing the artist Rose Wylie who has collaborated with twenty8twelve on a couple of tshirts The Eyes Have It all as shown below and Boo

Coming this season for AW10: .twenty8twelve